According to a Wall Street Journal article‚ Africa’s elephant population dropped more than 30% from 2007 to 2014 due to poaching and trophy hunting (Anderson). That means over 100‚000 elephants were killed in seven short years. Trophy hunting is when hunters kill animals for money‚ bragging rights‚ and their own greed. This can cause drops in population or affect the ways animals survive. Even though it is major and causes so many problems‚ trophy hunting is looked past as if it is not an issue.
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Professor George 4/3/13 Ivory Trade Poachers in countries such as Tanzania‚ Zambia‚ Nepal‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and China are rapidly lowering the population of animals with tusks in Asia and Africa. Wild animals such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros‚ elephants‚ narwhals‚ and walruses are mercilessly hunted and killed for their horns. Governments and organizations have implemented many laws to eliminate the poaching of these animals‚ but with little success. Since 1997 poaching rates have risen substantially
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the African elephant. For many years‚ the African elephant was regarded as one species‚ due to similar features and characteristics‚ as well as living all on the same continent. However‚ recently scientists have classified them into three different species‚ due to morphological and DNA differences. Instead of just being the African elephant‚ it is now classified into West African elephants‚ Central African elephants and the Forest elephants. This happened because before‚ the elephants could interbreed
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“conservation” breeding programs have never been released into the wild. 6. From 1994 to 2005‚ at least 31 elephants have died premature deaths in the circus. Other circus animals who have died in an untimely manner include horses and lions. 7. Captive elephant and captive feline attacks on humans in the U.S. have resulted in hundreds of injuries‚ many resulting in death. 8. In the wild‚ elephants live in large‚ sociable herds and walk up to 25 miles every day. Most other wild animals found in circus
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easy way out usually leads back in 5. The cure can be worse than the disease 6. Faster is slower 7. Cause and effect not closely related in time and space 8. Small changes can produce big results 9. Dividing elephant in half doesn’t produce two small elephants 10. There is no Blame 11. You can have your cake and eat it too but not at once Firstly‚ most of the problem come from the past which the employee need to analyze the past solution to solve and continue with the present
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The Weapons‚ People‚ and Animals Used in Cannae Elephants: Elephants were stronger than horses and if one dies and falls it will crush soldiers. Peasants: Peasants were used to increase size‚ they were not trained like other soldiers‚ poor training and no discipline. The Town Militia: This sentry force‚ made up of townspeople‚ sometimes used for keeping peasant in line. Skirmishes: These soldiers are restricted from peppering the enemy with long javelins before battle commences used for luring the
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Some of the wild flowers can only sprout there seeds unless a searing heat. Fire also helps certain plants from growing that could change the grassland environment such as the deciduous tress. 1 Some of the examples of grassland animals are African Elephant‚ Bison‚ Black rhinoceros‚ black footed ferret‚ bobolink‚ brown hyena‚ giraffe‚ Greater Prairie Chicken‚ Ground Dove‚ lion‚ meadow vole‚ Northern pocket gopher‚ ostrich‚ prairie dog‚ and the warthog. Some plants in the grassland are dangerous such
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gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly. 2. Stella: One of Ivan’s dearest friends who lives in the next domain. Stella is an elephant. Ivan says she’s a mountain. Stella suffers from an injured foot. She ends up dying midway. 3. Bob: Another one of Ivan’s dearest friends. Bob is a dog. Ivan
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privacy and seclusion‚ but this definitely is not happening in the zoo. As a result animals end up having abnormal behavior or even worse the degeneration of the species. The bears cannot hibernate‚ lions continuously walk in circles‚ giraffes and elephants bang their heads on the bars and etc. Zoos say they actually protect animals from extinction‚ but in reality they do the opposite. Unfortunately some of the animals will never be released to their wild environment‚ but even if they would there
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desirable trophy. More importantly‚ a recent study shows devastating effects in a herd with the loss of the mature elephants. After the males were separated from the females and juveniles‚ the rhinos began to be violently killed with puncture wounds (not much in the wild can kill this amazing species). After rangers put up video cameras‚ the culprits were discovered. The young male elephants were caught chasing the rhinos‚ knocking them down‚ and piercing the innocent creatures to death with their tusks
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